One of my council colleagues brought up the idea of an operational audit for the city. As we explore new ways to move forward an operational audit might be just what we need. An operational audit looks at many facets of city operations.
City council would be examined on performance and adherence to budgets, policies and procedures. The city as a whole would be analysed including appraisal of structure, controls, procedures and processes. The objective is to appraise the effectiveness and efficiency of each function of the city and see if it is meeting the cities' goals and objectives. Recommendations to improve performance are also made. The primary user of an operational audit is city council and the department heads.
If our city is going to progress and flourish we need to operate in a more business like manor. An operational audit would help us identify areas where improvement is needed and also identify areas where we are performing well. I would support conducting an operational audit and I would further support funding and identifying an outside expert to conduct the audit.
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You had the police present a more detailed
ReplyDeletereport of their activity at council meetings
from now on. Why didn't you include each officer's activity instead of just the departments? Doesn't everyone have a right to know what each officer is doing?
With all the issues now facing the City, I would consider it very inappropriate at this time to spend that kind of money for something so silly. Especially to your so called "outside expert" (please tell me it's not CJ). It normally isn't hard to tell who is performing and whom isn't. Spend our money more prudently, this type of expenditure is not needed at this time. There are other things you need to get familiar with before fixing things that you aren't even sure are broken.
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